Lavatory-fixture.



E. G. WATRoUsL LAVATORY FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 26,1909.

1,108,956. Patented sept.1,1914.

il 26' #Cyl TNE AORRIS PETERS CO.. PNOTU-LITHO.. WASHINGTON. D.

. Aconvenient' assemblmgfanddls-assembllng.

'EARL c. warmes, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.7

LKAvAToItY-FIXTRE. y

y To all whomfz't mayconcem:

1 Be it known that I, EARLG. VVATROUS, a'

citizen of the UnitedL States, residing in Chicago, Cook county, Illinois, have inventedcertain new and useful ,Improvements in Lavatory-Fiiatures,l is a specification.;

f f e .My invention relates v`to lavatory.filaturesl andthe obj ect thereof is to provide asimple and compact constructionof fixtures parwhere such vfixtures maynot ,only be' .compact but alsowreadily accessible and capable ,of

i My new Xtur'ehasbeenf designed and constructed; to overcome .previousy practical diilicu'lties and to embody vantage' above mentioned.

fthey featuresof adf ',In'lthe drawing, Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a fixture embodying my invention .shown applied'0..aboivl ofthe usual constructionfas used in sleeping cars and. the v like; Fig. ,2 a v'erti'calhjsection of such lixf vture; Fig. B abottomplanof'thearch plate or escutcheon'for the operatingbuttons; and l? ig. a is top plan thereof.

Referring to the present embodiment` of :my invention asillustrated in tliedrawing,

my fixture is adapted to be used inconn'ec` tion vwith any suitable bowl construction ysuch as the bowl 1 vvhi'ch,-by means of, such ixture,ais adapted to besecured or clamped to a suitable support 2in the mannerhereinafter described. l

' IAsfshown particularly in Fig. 2', the {iX- 1 ture comprises a` casing 3 having a 'cold water ip ipe connection 4 .at one side yand a hotwater pipe connection 5`at the other side and also having two separate valve chamf bers fand 7 the former'of which communi# Cates with thecold-water connection and the f latter -of -which communicates .with the. hot

water connection.. The. inlet from th'e'cold waterconnection to the valve chamber 6 is .had through a port 8 which isgoverned by a valve having a ypiston portion r9-directly governing said portand avalve seatfportion 10 vgoverning :a yportw` 11 from said valve .chamber to a cross-passage or'chamber 12 iWhich is common to both of the 'valvec'ham- Y bers. This valve is normally vheld seated' withfa -yielding pressure fasby means of the ycoiled springl, thereby closing bothports 8 and 11. The hot watervalve chamber and .ei'lsypeceation of lLettersvllPatent:v .Application flied Jan/26,1909.s eriainooaiiea i cation vbeing 'latter governs a chamber to 'the rcommon vpassage or chamber ,j 12, the 'yalve being normally j means of thek coiled spring .I verse Apassage or chamber 12 communicates ticularly for lavatories of thefspecia1; class l i l or character-as'used insleepingcars, fory in? ofi v.which the yfollowing and' vlock nuts 26?., y bearing.

z for securing the itsgvalve ris si port l'flfa'nd the lvalve comprisesthe .pist'on portion 1 5 and valve seat portion'l, which port 17 ,froml the valve held seatd by atentedsept, 1,I '1914. i

milarly'` constructed, communi-y, y e had vbetween the hotwater con- .nectionfand the valve chamber through the at its central portion with'a vertical passage arranged on. the -innerywall of the .bowl towardthe'upperend thereof -as-clearly indi-r cated in...Fig. 1,v with :the result that the water isldeliveredupon'the sidewall of the bowl. xvalves, the-same are 'provided at their upper Forthe purpose ofoperating the ends with operating buttons 2,41 an'd`25 re- .spectivelyi'which are properly marked 'to' indicate thehot and cold* water ,as'shown in Fig. 4L In the present Instance these valve stems extend through stuing' boxes composed-'ofthe packingnuts 26, packing 27 ,i

rIn order .to provide a for the upper ends ofthe valve stemsand their operating buttons and also `to' provide a partfor theclamping means parts inv place, andfalso to. l 1 provide a" sightly andy finished appearance, .the arch plate or escut-cheon f 28 -is employed, f thesame being-provided on its flater horigzontal surface with openings through which they operating buttons project while .the

more 0r less `vertical or 5 flanged Lportion thereof rests upon .the plate 1s which is here `shown as a separate part of thefbowlfstructure;v although this is not essential. -Forthe purpose of holding the escutcheon in. place? and for determining j the proper position thereof such yescutcheon is provided with depending dowelpinsf29 adaptedto enter Correspondingopenings .in the plate lffin the manner shown in Fig. 2. Tovprevent the operatingbuttons from rotating and .thereby to keep thesame in p )ropcry position for reading the words Hot and Cold thereon,

'theescutcheon is provided with the depending flanges BOwhile the lower portion of the` operating `buttons eachl have o noneside a :Ipairu'o'f lugfs-l 31j cooperating with said .de-

pending flanges. In `practice the operating buttons yare made in two pieces,` an outer shell portion ksecured to the'valvestems and.v

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a porcelain portion indicated a't 24a and 25@L respectively, to which the words I-Iot and Cold are applied.

In order to secure the escutcheon i-n place and at the same time securely hold and clamp the iiXture and the bowl to the sup- "port 2, a screw "32 extendsthrough the cen-` tral portion of such escutcheon and-throughl the plate 1L1 and into an vextension or base portion- 33 oft-he vcasing@which abuts the `under surface of said plate as clearly-shown in F ig. 2. The casing 3 is in additiony provided f with a bracketportion Bafwhich extends' fbelowthe support 2 with the result 1 that when the parts are assembledfas shown `rin Figs. l and 2 and thescrew 32 screwed inwardly, such `pa'rtsfwill be` lirmly secured together and Awill Vmoreover be lrigidly iclamped=to the support 9.` and likewise the bow-listructure willbe irmly'held to the X- l ture'aswell'as'tosaid support. At the saine ktime'zthe construction is such that the parts may 'be very readily dis-'assembled for any 1 kdesired purpose,even though, as in the case ofthe particular use insleeping cars, the

space is limitedalidraccess'tothe fixture more difficultI than Ain ordinary situations.

Furthermore, my device is extremely simple and compact with the'main portion" of the iixturenconcealed, the only exposed portion, which is made of neatl and pleasing appearance, being the operating buttons and the escutcheon.

I claim: w r

V1. In a' lavatory fixture, the combination, with the bowl and the top platefthereof, of a casing having a water supply connection, valve mechanism therein, aV depressible operating rod for the valve `mechanism, an

:arched platevarrangedto be securedV to said casing; andi'to clamp -the top plate'V of the bowl,ffandf1fa lbutton connected with said op- -.erating"rod and passing through and voperatingini said plate; substantially' as de- 45.

scribed. c 4

12.\In alavatory xture, the combination,

withi the bowl and the top plate thereof, of

a'casinghaving a` water supply connection,

yvalve* mechanism therein, a 'depressible operatingf'rod for the valvevmechanism, an

yarched plate' arrangedftobesecured to said casing and to 'clamp the topplate of the 'bowl,iand a button connected with said op- 'fferating rod and passing through and op- `f` button l having coperatin erating'irr said plate, said arched plate and Ot means for preven'tingthe rotationgof the button in the I plate.

f 3.In` a lavatory'ilixture, the combination,

rwith the bowll and the top plate thereof, of al casinghaving a water supply connection, v

valve 'mechanismthereim ai depressible operating rod for the valve' mechanism, an

-rarched-plate arranged'to be' secured to said casing-and to clamp thet'opplate of the erating rod'for the valve mechanism, a platel arranged to be secured to said extension and to clamp the top plate of the bowl and X- ture together, vand. a button passing through the'pl'ate'la'nd connected with said rod, substantially as described. n

35., Ina lavatory iixture,"I the combination, with the bowl'` and itstop plate, `of a casing having Ahet and cold water supply connections, valvemechanisms therein for governing the hot and Coldwater, operating rods L for saidinechamsms,and a plateV secured to said .casing andhaving openings or the operating rods, said two `plates having means Vfor interlocking connection; substantially as described.

6. In a lavatory fixture, the combination, with the bowl and its topI plate, of acasing having hot andccld water supply connections, valve mechanisms therein for. 'governor said mechanisms,;a'nd a plate secured to said casing and having openingsv for the operating rods, oneof said plates having dowel pins and, the other corresponding dowel such plates.

7. Inra lavatory fixture, the combination, with the bowl andits top plate, of a' casing having 'hot and cold water supply vconnections and having acentral upward extension, valve mechanisms therein for governing the hot and "cold water, operating rods for said mechanisms, an arched plate secured at Vits middle portion to saidy extension and having A *ing the hot and cold water, operating rods'n'l 'holes for interlocking connection between openings in register withsaid rods, and but` tons received in said openings lconnected `with said rods; substantiallyas described.

f 8. `In a lavatory ixture, the combination, with the bowl and its'top plate, offa casing having a substantially central upward eX- l p tension and hotand'cold water supply connections, valve mechanisms vin said casingv on 'either sidejof said extension, parallel and depressible operating rods connected `with saidvalve mechanisms and located on either` side v'of-said extension, and a plate having openings for the rods and secured to such extension and thereby held tosaid top plate. i

9.' In alavatory fixture, the combination,

-with thebowl and its top plate, of a casing having an upward extension 33 in contact eof connections and a discharge outlet communi-y cating with the bowl, valve mechanisms in said casing, depressible operating rods -22' and 23 for said valve mechanisms respectively, a plate 28 upon said top plate and a screw 32 passing through the plate28 and engaging such extension yfor securing the latter plate to they top plate of the bowl, said two plates'having registering openings for the operating rods; substantially as `described. y

10. In a lavatory fixture, the combination, with the bowl and its top plate, ofva casing having a water supply connection and an eX- tension coperating with the underside of a portion ofthe bowl structure, said casing lso having a bracket 34:, valve mechanism \'\thin the casing, an operating rod for the e mechanism, and a plate 28 cooperating i said rodandarranged to be secured to i extension and to clamp the top plate of t1 bowl and fixture upon a lixed support; su. tantially as described.

witl. havii tension` cooperating with the underside of a portion .of the bowl structure, valve mechanism within the casing, an operating rod for the valve mechanism, and a plate cooperating with said rod and arranged'to be secured to said extension and to clamp the top plate of the bowl and casing together;

abowl and its top plate, of a casing Copies o! this patent may be obtained for l \In a lavatory iXture,-the combination a water supply connection and an eX p n Lplate 28 and connected with said ve cents each,by addressing`4 Washington, D. C. p

engagethe top plate of the bowl; substantially as described.

12. In a lavatory fixture, the combination, `a 40 with the bowlandits top plate, of 'a casingA said plate 28 having dowel pins adapted tof" having"hot=andcold water supply connect tions," valve mechanisms therein orgovernr ing the hot andl cold water, operating lrods forsaid mechanisms,said casing also having p a central post or extension whose lower por` tion has adlscharge passage ycommunicatlng withwthe bowl and whose upper end bears against the vlower surface of the bowl structure, an larched plate 28 located on the top plate of the bowl `and arranged to guidey the rods, and a screw passing through the centralfpo'rtion of the plate 28 andinto the upperend of the post or extension; substantially as described. v a y 13; In alavatory fixture, the combination, with the bowl and its top plate,of a casing having hot andrcold waterlsupply connections at its oppositesides, valve mechanisms therein for governing the waterA supply, operatino` rods for said mechanisms, a plate 28 located upon and having tongue and slotconnection with the-top plate of thefbowl,

y and buttons 24 and 25 passing throughsaid rods;subM

stantially as described.

Witnesses:

ROBERT H. DOBBERMAN, f LoUIs B. ERWIN.

the Commissioner of Patents, 

